§ 63.311 - Individual protection standard after permanent closure.  


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  • § 63.311 Individual protection standard after permanent closure.

    (a) DOE must demonstrate, using performance assessment, that there is a reasonable expectation that the reasonably maximally exposed individual receives no more than the following annual dose from releases from the undisturbed Yucca Mountain disposal system:

    (1) 0.15 mSv (15 mrem) for 10,000 years following disposal; and

    (2) 1.0 mSv (100 mrem) after 10,000 years, but within the period of geologic stability.

    (b) DOE's performance assessment must include all potential pathways of radionuclide transport and exposure.

    [74 FR 10829, Mar. 13, 2009]